CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.9 Base / 5.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 32 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900KS

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.4 Base / 5.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 150W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

7,585

10,316

3dmark_2_threads

2,456

2,212

3dmark_4_threads

4,649

4,320

3dmark_8_threads

6,726

7,872

3dmark_max_threads

7,590

11,897

3dmark_single_thread

1,253

1,121

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,572

3,744

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

363

528

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

10,720

15,603

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,513

2,202

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

25,525

37,152

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,603

5,245

geekbench_multicore

15,182

15,960

geekbench_singlecore

3,363

2,705

passmark_data_compression

341,021

563,709

passmark_data_encryption

16,638

31,403

passmark_extended_instructions

28,023

35,089

passmark_find_prime_numbers

233

158

passmark_floating_point_math

60,081

111,429

passmark_integer_math

89,918

147,575

passmark_multithread

30,027

43,698

passmark_physics

2,012

2,437

passmark_random_string_sorting

35,946

60,539

passmark_single_thread

4,570

4,330

passmark_singlethread

4,570

4,330

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

5 9600X

i9-12900KS

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

12

24 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.9

3.4 -12.8%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.4

5.5 +1.9%

Frequency (GHz)

3.9

3.4 -12.8%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.4

5.5 +1.9%

Multiplier

39

34 -12.8%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

32 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

150 +130.8%

PL1

—

241 W

PL2

—

241 W

PPT

88 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Alder Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

4 nm

10 nm

Transistors

8,315 million

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Die Size

70.6 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610

PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

2.5 GHz up to 4 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

5.2 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$279

$739

Part Number

100-000001405

SRLDD

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

115°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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